GUEST EDITORIAL: What to Know About the Show as Theaters Reopen

Image: https://ift.tt/3jLCbeq What to Know About the Show as Theaters Reopen by Lewis Robinson If you are an aficionado of going to the theater to see motion pictures, you must be relieved to see the pandemic fading and the cinemas beginning to reopen. You might also be...

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GUEST COLUMN: Quintessential Las Vegas Movies

Image: https://ift.tt/3vZZsyS Quintessential Las Vegas Movies by Kevin Gardner Sin City. Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s a truly unique city, not just in America, but in the whole world. For some, it’s a vacation destination with great food and shows. For others, it’s an...

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GUEST COLUMN: 31 Halloween Movies For Every Night of October

Image: https://ift.tt/3vZAHCI 31 Halloween Movies For Every Night of October by Kevin Gardner Since October is one of the months with 31 days, there is plenty of opportunity to get into the Halloween mood before the big night itself. Here are suggested movies for every one...

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GUEST COLUMN: Best Chick Flicks For Your Next Movie Night

Image: https://ift.tt/2ZLfOj5 Best Chick Flicks For Your Next Movie Night by Devin Caldwell A chick flick is a movie that focuses on stories about and (usually) by women. They are sometimes dismissed as silly, and some of them legitimately are. Nevertheless, some are really...

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GUEST COLUMN: 5 Top Movies About the High School Experience

Image: https://ift.tt/3GzOoNT 5 Top Movies About the High School Experience  by Devin Caldwell High school is a rite of passage throughout the world. Not everyone has the exact same experience, but everyone experiences high school, which makes a movie about it instantly...

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GUEST COLUMN: 4 Positive Messages From the "Dumplin'"

Image: imdb.com 4 Positive Messages From the 2018 film Dumplin' by Devin Caldwell Dumplin' is a 2018 film from Netflix based on the 2015 novel of the same name. It tells the story of a plus-size teenage girl from Texas named Willowdean Dickson, Will for short, who has a...

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PODCAST: Episode 31 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast

For their 31st episode, 25YL film critics, cud-chewing dads, and preachy school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan are joined again by 25YL film writer Byron Lafayette for the second of two episodes looking at the politics of old westerns. Last time, it was the left-leaning...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Eternals

Image courtesy of Walt Disney ETERNALS-- 3 STARS Without a doubt, Eternals is the most mystical, talkative, and far-fetched the Marvel Cinematic Universe has endeavored to date. That’s rather telling considering the interconnected franchise’s track record of popcorn storytelling...

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MOVIE REVIEW: Last Night in Soho

Image courtesy of Focus Features LAST NIGHT IN SOHO— 3 STARS Classier people call it “mise-en-scène,” but let’s call it what it really is: a skill set. Distinctive directors have styles and tendencies they love and we love in return. That’s everything from Wes Anderson’s...

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Harder They Fall

Official Black Perspectives and Drive-In Presentation of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival THE HARDER THEY FALL-- 4 STARS Readying its eager and loose dramatic license, the opening message of The Harder They Fall begins with “While the events of this story are fictional…”...

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PODCAST: Episode 30 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast

For their 30th episode, 25YL film critics, gun-tottin' dads, and paper-grading school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan welcomed a new guest to the dais for the first of two episodes. Say hello to the enigmatic Byron Lafayette, a newer film staff writer from 25YL. At his...

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